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You Bowed Down Lyrics

Artist: Elvis Costello
Album: All This Useless Beauty

I expect you're entitled to know why I'm making contactWith acquaintances scattered all over the landI'd promise you now and again that I'd honour the contractIf it hadn't crumbled away in my handSo we broke that vow independently nowBut I don't know why you absolutely deny

When you first looked away I might say it was really a kindnessIt must have hurt you to see how dreams sourNow they say that justice and love are the next things to blindnessWell you're getting plenty of both of them nowAnd so you parade where appointments are madeAnd never meant to be keptUnless you accept

You value the burnt amber of falling leavesAnd you long to delayAs you feel their breath as they whisper"It won't hurt you now to betrayIf you just bow down"

And now every time that we meet on the edge of hysteriaYou're helping them sell off some new party lineI remember a time when you would have seemed so superiorNow you say "Will you please meet this good friend of mine?"So you're in demand as long as you kiss their handBut all the applause is for their name not yours